Holder Confirmed as Nation’s First Black Attorney General Â He Overcame Objections of Some in GOP

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February 3, 2009

The Senate confirmed Eric H. Holder Jr. as the nation’s first African American attorney general by a vote of 75 to 21 yesterday, opening a new chapter for a Justice Department that had suffered under allegations of improper political influence and policy disputes over wiretapping and harsh interr…

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